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Android Quick Share can now work with iOS’s AirDrop

Posted by uvt
Tags: apple, ios, android, quick share, airdrop, phones.smart, compatibility, announcements, features, source.google, short read
https://blog.google/products/android/quick-share-airdrop/

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Title
Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 family.
Published
Nov 20 2025
Word count
148 words

9 comments

  1. [2]
    R3qn65
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    It seems like such a small thing, but this will be huge for our blended family.

    It seems like such a small thing, but this will be huge for our blended family.

    6 votes
    1. teaearlgraycold
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      OS heterogeneity is the new diversity.

      OS heterogeneity is the new diversity.

      4 votes
  2. [4]
    donn
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    Wait, that's awesome. What the hell. I hope this works on more devices in the future. Guessing these are the EU interoperability laws at work?

    Wait, that's awesome. What the hell. I hope this works on more devices in the future.

    Guessing these are the EU interoperability laws at work?

    4 votes
    1. [3]
      donn
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      Uh oh.

      Uh oh.

      However, Google did not partner with Apple on this interoperability, and is leveraging its “own implementation.”

      9 votes
      1. [2]
        goose
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        I mean, that's rather par for the course, with Apple. The only time I can think of the two working together cooperatively, outside of things the EU forced them to do (RCS), would be COVID contact...

        I mean, that's rather par for the course, with Apple. The only time I can think of the two working together cooperatively, outside of things the EU forced them to do (RCS), would be COVID contact tracing via bluetooth. Although it was a geolocked feature that so few locations supported, it wasn't widely know/used.

        Edit: Although it would (in my opinion) be a very Apple thing for Apple to now change the way their AirDrop works just to break compatibility with Android.

        8 votes
        1. donn
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          Hence the uh-oh. The only reason why they might not now is that the DoJ still has an open case against them.

          Hence the uh-oh. The only reason why they might not now is that the DoJ still has an open case against them.

          6 votes
  3. lynxy
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    Is this limited only to devices running the full Google stack, or is this a part of AOSP? I'm guessing, by the priory / early access for Pixel devices, that it's the former.

    Is this limited only to devices running the full Google stack, or is this a part of AOSP? I'm guessing, by the priory / early access for Pixel devices, that it's the former.

    4 votes
  4. [2]
    goose
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    I'm not trying to come across as a google fanboy, I'll criticize them as appropriate, but I think this is an awesome feature. I appreciate their effort to try and coexist and be compatible with...

    I'm not trying to come across as a google fanboy, I'll criticize them as appropriate, but I think this is an awesome feature. I appreciate their effort to try and coexist and be compatible with iOS/Apple, rather than taking the full "fuck you outsider" walled garden ecosystem approach that Apple does. Among the things tech giants get right and wrong, stuff like this is nice to see.

    The blog post seems to specify Android to iOS, I'm curious to know if it will also work in the other direction?

    3 votes